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Last Updated:  24 Apr 2026

Direct School Admission (DSA-Sec): Attend interviews, auditions or trials

2. Selection outcomes

Your child will receive the application outcome by Friday, 28 August 2026. There are 3 possible outcomes and some students may receive offers from multiple schools:

Confirmed Offer

Your child has a reserved place in the secondary school.

What your child needs to do:

  • Choose the school during the school preference submission period in October.
  • Achieve a PSLE score that qualifies them for a Posting Group offered by the school. For example, if a school offers only Posting Group 3, the student needs a PSLE score within Posting Group 3 (i.e. PSLE score of 4 - 22).
Wait List

Your child may be given a reserved place in the school if other students with confirmed offers did not take up the offer.

What your child needs to do:

  • Choose the school during the school preference submission period in October.
  • Achieve a PSLE score that qualifies them for a Posting Group offered by the school. For example, if a school offers only Posting Group 3, the student needs a PSLE score within Posting Group 3 (i.e. PSLE score of 4 - 22).

In previous years, about half of the students on the schools’ wait lists were eventually given a place.
Unsuccessful Your child was not given a place through the DSA-Sec, and must take part in S1 Posting, if eligible.

Students with a confirmed offer or on a wait list can submit up to 3 school preferences from 9am on Monday, 19 October 2026 to 4.30pm on Friday, 23 October 2026.

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